Each year, Washingtonian publishes a list of the DC area’s tech titans—the entrepreneurs, government officials, cybersecurity experts, venture capitalists, and others doing truly innovative and important work in this region’s tech sector.
Many people ask how they can nominate someone for that article. Our tech titans list is a reporting project—the writers assigned to the article talk to people who know the local tech scene well, asking them to tell us who are the region’s smartest and most influential tech leaders. We don’t base the list on other votes. Someone cannot lobby or buy his or her way onto the list.
That said, we are always happy to entertain suggestions. If you’d like to nominate someone for the 2025 tech titans list, you can send an email to techtitans@washingtonian.com. Please provide a few brief details on what the person does and why you believe they are among the area’s tech leaders. The only requirement is that the person must live all or most of the time in the Washington, DC, area.
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Sherri Dalphonse joined Washingtonian in 1986 as an editorial intern, and worked her way to the top of the masthead when she was named editor-in-chief in 2022. She oversees the magazine’s editorial staff, and guides the magazine’s stories and direction. She lives in DC.
